Hulyo 19, 2017

Why the Chinese banned Winnie-the-Pooh.

They didn't want people to see this:



(That's Chinese President Xi Jinping as the Pooh to Obama's Tigger.)

32 komento:

Achilles ayon kay ...

The aristocracy is trying to regain control over the internet. Google and amazon and Facebook are all about helping out.

tcrosse ayon kay ...

Does this polo shirt make my ass look fat ?

Curious George ayon kay ...

Obama's Tigger?

That's racist. Almost.

Unknown ayon kay ...

Have you looked at Trump's figure? You could fit a dozen Winnie-the-Pooh's just in Trump's ass.

Is this the best you got.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

50 years ago, a common topic of humor was how animals are naked and cartoon animals are half naked. What's up with Winnie-the-Pooh coquettishly pulling up his shirt to expose more of his belly when he's also just not wearing any pants at all?

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Example of humor from 50 years ago: this poster from The Realist showing Disney characters doing things that were once called obscene.

buwaya ayon kay ...

I don't know if Xi is Pooh, but Obama certainly isn't Tigger.
Trump is a lot more like Tigger.

Curious George ayon kay ...

"Ann Althouse said...
50 years ago, a common topic of humor was how animals are naked and cartoon animals are half naked. What's up with Winnie-the-Pooh coquettishly pulling up his shirt to expose more of his belly when he's also just not wearing any pants at all?"

Hey, he isn't wearing shorts. Isn't that good enough?

My name goes here. ayon kay ...

"50 years ago, a common topic of humor was how animals are naked and cartoon animals are half naked. What's up with Winnie-the-Pooh coquettishly pulling up his shirt to expose more of his belly when he's also just not wearing any pants at all?"

The rule is, if a cartoon animal is wearing any clothing they can talk. If they are not wearing clothing they cannot talk.

Churchy LaFemme: ayon kay ...

>The rule is, if a cartoon animal is wearing any clothing they can talk. If they are not wearing clothing they cannot talk.

That's an easy rule to think of exceptions to..

Stephan Pastis has fun with this sometimes in his "Pearls Before Swine" comic strip when it is not always clear which type of animal is which.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

" If they are not wearing clothing they cannot talk."

Tigger's transgressive.

Gahrie ayon kay ...

Obama cannot be Tigger...because a Tigger is a wonderful thing.

n.n ayon kay ...
Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.
n.n ayon kay ...

Cultural appropriation. Jinping should be depicted by a panda.

Tigger, however, is appropriate. Obama is multicultural.

Matt Sablan ayon kay ...

Their hands aren't even in the same position as Pooh and Tigger.

Earnest Prole ayon kay ...

Obama's great white hope always was to pass as a cat.

Pinandpuller ayon kay ...

Curious George

They changed bird seed to "nyjer" so yeah.

Does anyone know rapeseed from canola?

Pinandpuller ayon kay ...

Or is it an example of the Mandingo effect?

Etienne ayon kay ...

Winnie the poo is a half-naked pervert.

DougWeber ayon kay ...

Always love people who do not understand the context. While Pooh is a bear of little brain, Tigger had even less.

rhhardin ayon kay ...

"Good morning, Pooh Bear," said Eeyore gloomily. "If it is a good morning," he said. "Which I doubt."

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Link take over. aargh -- f' that

Darrell ayon kay ...

President Xi

Recall your people like to call Barack Obama "Bumblefuck" because they like the sound of the word and think it's apt. Go with the classics.

gadfly ayon kay ...

The book, from which the cartoon characters sprang was called Winnie the Pooh by its author, A. A. Milne - way back in 1926. So Tigger didn't even get mentioned in the title.

So the Chinese must be upset by the revelation that the Canadian black bear, named Winnie, housed at the London Zoo and visited by A. A. Milne and his son, Christopher Robin, was female. Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet, Roo, and Rabbit are at best gender-neutral while Kanga is Roo's mom.

rhhardin ayon kay ...

The Chinese president has a name which is itself a pronoun. That must be confusing. Maybe tones straighten it out.

I think it's a pronoun. I may be wrong.

Clyde ayon kay ...

Obama was definitely more of an Eeyore.

Bad Lieutenant ayon kay ...

Dear Clyde,


You spelled "Eyesore" wrong.

Ray ayon kay ...

The most wonderful thing about Tiggers,
are Tiggers are wonderful things.
Their tops are made out of rubber,
their bottoms are made out of springs.
They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
fun, fun, fun, fun.
The most wonderful thing about Tiggers,
is I'm the only one!

Wince ayon kay ...

I'm surprised the China didn't switch focus and use the excuse Tigger rhymes with the N-word.

Wince ayon kay ...

Whoops, Curious, missed yours.

rehajm ayon kay ...

The most wonderful thing about Tiggers, is I'm the only one!

My sister has a time stamped photo of Tigger in Disney's Animal Kingdom taken moments after I saw Tigger in the Main Street Parade in The Magic Kingdom. No way he bounced there that quickly, even if he went via utilidor.

I'm skeptical.

Paddy O ayon kay ...

"The rule is, if a cartoon animal is wearing any clothing they can talk. If they are not wearing clothing they cannot talk."

Donald Duck wears a shirt but not pants. So he talks, but is hard to understand.

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